Surgery for Van Vleuten after Worlds crash

Individual time trial world champion Annemiek van Vleuten is recovering from surgery performed on Monday to fix a fracture of her tibial plateau, which she suffered in a crash during the UCI Road World Championships elite women's road race on Saturday.

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